Wringer.



W. F. KURTZ.

WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25, 1914- 1 1@@59 @9@ Patented May 25, 1915.

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W. F. KURTZ.

WRINGER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.25, 1.9.4.

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KURTZ, 0F ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA.

WRINGER.

WILLIAM F.

Application filed. September 2 T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VILLIAM F. Kon'rz, a citizen of the United States,residing at Aberdeen, in the county of Brown and State of South Dakota,have invented new and useful Improvements in \Vringers, the following isa specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in wringers and standstherefor, and the primary object of the invention is to provide awringer for mops or the like with a collapsible stand which serves as asup port for a water pail.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this classwhich may be easily and quickly set up and retained in a rigid operativeposition, and which may be collapsed and folded to provide a smallbundle for storage or packing when the device is not in use.

WVith the above and other objects in view, the improvements resides inthe construc tion, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in thefollowing specification and falling within the scope of the appendedclaims.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvementshowing the same supporting a pail, Fig. 2 is a top plan view of thesame, Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is asectional view on the line H of Fig. 2, Fig. 5 is a front elevation ofthe device, Fig. 6 is a view of the device in its collapsed or foldedposition, and Fig. 7 is a sectional view approximately on the line 77 ofFig. 6.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the numeral 1 designates myimproved device in its entirety. This device is in the nature of aframe, comprising sides 2, a front 3 and an open rear portion 4. Thesides each comprise a pair of spaced uprights 5.

of which The uprlghts 5 at the upper corners thereof, when the device isin its set up position, have pivotally secured thereto, as at 6,longitudinally extending members 7, the opposite ends of the saidmembers being bent upon themselves, or otherwise provided with ears 8which receive the upper ends of the rear uprights 5 of the sides 2. Anangular brace 9 is pivotally connected adjacent the upper edges of therear uprights 5 and the lower edges of the front uprights 5, and thesebrace members serve as contacts or abutment members for the ears 8 tolimit the movement of the same Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1915.

5, 1914. Serial No. 863,528.

upon the rear uprights 5. The rear uprights have attached theretoflexible elements preferably in the nature of chains, each of the saidchains having its end link connected with an eye provided upon a pin 11,and the ends of the longitudinal members 7 opposite their ears 8, andalso the ears 8 at the upper portions of the rear uprights 5 areprovided with openings which register, when the device is set up, andthrough which are passed the pins 11. The central portion of the members7 are extended inwardly for the major portion of the length of the saidmembers, the inturned portions being ar ranged parallel with the ends ofsaid mem-- bers, and the said inturned portions are pro vided each withtwo openings, one arranged adjacent the front and the second adjacentthe rear of the frame. The front openings are adapted to receive theshort shafts or trunnions 12 provided upon a roller 13, while the rearalining openings are adapted to receive a bar it which serves as a pivotmemher for a substantially ii-shaped yoke 15. The yoke has itsconnecting member provided with a longitudinally extending handle 16,and the arms of the yoke are provided with registering openings toreceive the short shafts or trunnions 17 carried by a roller 18. One ofthe short shafts or trunnions 17 may be continued and bent at an angleto provide an operating handle 19, or the said handle 19 may comprise aseparate member secured to the trunnion in any desired or preferredmanner. The yoke is adapted to be swung over the top of the frame, sothat its roller 18 will rest upon the roller 13, and when the handle 19is manipulated, the rollers will be rotated in opposite directions,causing a mop or the like, which is arranged between the rollers, to bewrung to express the water therefrom.

The front of the device comprises two transverse or connecting members20 and 21, the said members preferably having their ends offset andrigidly secured to the inner faces of the front uprights 5. Theconnecting bar 21, which is arranged adjacent the lower end of theframe, is adapted to receive, upon its opposite faces, the hooked endportions 22 of a bucket support 23. The members comprising the supporthave their rear ends connected by a transverse bar 24, and this barpreferably has its ends arranged at a downward angle between the angularpivoted brace,

rear uprights 5 of the side members of the frame, and the said angularportions are pivotally connected to the said rear uprights, as at 25.

In collapsing the device the pins 11 are removed to permit of themembers 7 being swung over the front of the frame, the yoke 15 beingswung outwardly or in an extended position with relation to the members7. The bucket frame or support 21 is swung upwardly between the rearuprights 5, and the brace members 9, together with the rear uprights ofthe bucket support 23 are swung against the rear or the front of thedevice, thus folding the frame to produce a comparatively small bundlewhich will occupy a small space for storage, and which also may bereadily and conveniently transported.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantagesthereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled inthe art to which such invention appertains without further detaileddescription.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

1. In a device of the class described, a frame comprising side membershaving an a front comprising bars connecting the side members, a topcomprising longitudinal members pivotally secured to the side members ofthe front thereof and having their opposite ends formed with ears toengage with the rear members of the sides, means for removably securingthe ears upon the sides, a roller con nected with the upper longitudinalmembers, a yoke pivoted betweenthe said members, a second roller carriedby the yoke and adapted to be swung into engagement with the firstmentioned roller, a handle for the second roller, a pivoted bucketsupport upon uprights of the sides into contact with the angular bracemembers therefor, removable members for sustaining the ears upon theuprights, a roller trunnioned between the said longi-tudi-nal' members,a rod connecting the longitudinal members, a U-shaped yoke rota-tablymounted upon the rods, said yoke having its connecting member providedwith an extending hand-1e, a roller trunnionedbetween the ears of theyoke and adapted to engage with the first mentioned roller, a handle forthe second mentioned roller a front for the frame comprising transversemembers connecting the outer uprights of the side, a bucket support,said bucket support including a rear transverse member which ispivotally connected with the rear uprights of the sides at thelowerportions thereof, the opposite end of the bucket-support beingformed with downturned "portions forming ears, and the said ears adaptedto engage with the opposite faces of the lower front connecting member.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature presence of two witnesses.

, WILLIAM F. KURTZ.

Witnesses:

S. B. HARRIS, R. O. ANTELMAN.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for fivecents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

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